Edgar

Edgar (also Edhar ) is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning

Edgar, also Edhar, is a name Anglo-Saxon origin. It is composed of ead ( = possessions or assets) and even ( = spear ). " The his property with his spear to defend ... "

Name-day

Variants

Edgardo (Italian ), Ede (short form), Eadgar (Old English, original name - form), Ed ( d) i ( short form), Eddie ( amerk. ), Eddy ( English), Edhar (French ) Edhai ( sansk. )

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Edgar (England ) ( 939-975 ), King of England
  • Edgar Aetheling (1051-1125), English pretender to the throne
  • Edgar (Scotland ) ( 1074-1107 ), King of Scotland
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950), American writer
  • Edgar Bessen (1933-2012), German actor
  • Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), American medium
  • Edgar F. Codd (1923-2003), English mathematician and scientist
  • Edgar Davids (born 1973 ), Dutch footballer
  • Edgar Degas (1834-1917), French painter
  • Edgar Ende (1901-1965), German painter
  • Edgar Gärtner (* 1949), German ecologist and nonfiction author
  • Edgar Haßmann (1884-1919), Latvian Evangelical pastor and martyr
  • Edgar Hilsenrath ( b. 1926 ), German writer
  • Edgar Hoppe ( born 1937 ), German actor
  • Edgar Ott (1929-1994), German actor and voice actor
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), American writer
  • Edgar Reitz (* 1932), German film director
  • Edgar Selge (* 1948), German actor
  • Edgar G. Ulmer (1904-1972), American film director
  • Edgar Valdez Villareal ( b. 1973 ), alleged American - Mexican drug trafficker
  • Edgar Varèse (1883-1965), French composer
  • Edgar Wallace (1875-1932), English writer
  • J. Edgar Hoover (1895-1972), American FBI Director

Family name

  • Boy Edgar (actually George Willem Fred Edgar, 1915-1980 ) Dutch jazz musician and doctor
  • David Edgar ( playwright ) ( born 1948 ), British playwright
  • David Edgar ( swimmer ) ( born 1950 ), American swimmer
  • David Edgar ( footballer ) (* 1987), Canadian football player
  • Frankie Edgar ( born 1981 ), American martial artist
  • Jim Edgar ( b. 1946 ), American politician
  • Owen Thomas Edgar (1831-1929), American soldier
  • Robert W. Edgar (1943-2013), American politician
  • Ross Edgar ( b. 1983 ), British track cyclists
  • Ryan Edgar ( born 1986 ), footballer from Dominica
  • Tyrone Edgar ( b. 1982 ), British track and field athlete

Others

  • The Edgar is the short name for the Edgar Allan Poe Award
  • Edgar (Opera) is an opera by Giacomo Puccini
  • Edgar as corruption of Ad -Card (English for advertising card), a mark of the United Ambient Media AG, among other things, Distributed free postcards
  • In Austria Edgar is a filled with chocolate hazelnut cream croissant.

Place name

  • Male first name
  • Family name
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